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# Non-Chordate (4+2 Credits) = 6 Credits **Salient features and classification:** * **Protozoa:** Paramecium (locomotion, nutrition, osmoregulation, reproduction) * **Porifera:** Sycon (structure, reproduction, development, canal system, affinities) * **Coelenterata:** Aurelia (structure, re...

# Non-Chordate (4+2 Credits) = 6 Credits **Salient features and classification:** * **Protozoa:** Paramecium (locomotion, nutrition, osmoregulation, reproduction) * **Porifera:** Sycon (structure, reproduction, development, canal system, affinities) * **Coelenterata:** Aurelia (structure, reproduction, development, polymorphism, corals and coral reefs) * **Helminthes:** Taxonomy, morphology, life cycle, pathogenicity, control measures of Fasiola, parasitic adaptations * **Annelida:** Nereis (external features, excretory organs, reproduction, metamerism, trochophore larva, parasitic adaptations in Hirudinaria) * **Arthropoda:** Palaemon (external features, reproduction), Peripatus (distribution, zoological importance) * **Mollusca:** Pila (external features, pallial complex, reproduction, torsion in Gastropoda) * **Echinodermata:** Asterias (external features, water vascular system, feeding, reproduction) # Chordate (4+2 Credits) = 6 Credits **Salient features and classification:** * **Protochordata:** Balanoglossus and Amphioxus (body organization, systematic position, affinities) * **Agnatha:** Petromyzon (external features) * **Pisces:** Scales, fins, parental care, relation to man * **Amphibia:** General characteristics, affinities of Gymnophiona, parental care * **Reptilia:** Extinct reptiles, poisonous and non-poisonous snakes (poison apparatus, venom, anti-venom, adaptive radiation, desert adaptations) * **Aves:** Flightless birds (distribution, flight adaptations) * **Mammalia:** General organization, distribution, affinities of Prototheria, economic importance, adaptive radiation (aquatic mammals)